Cigar-forming machine.



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E. J. LAKE. CIGAR FORMING MACHINE.

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EDWIN J'. LAKE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

CIGAR-FORMING MACHINE.

Application filed September 24, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN J. LAKE, citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar Forming Ma chines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cigar forming machines.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine for cheaply, quickly-and economically making molded cigars.

My invention provides a machine having mechanism actuated by the operators feet for compressing in a mold and ejecting there- .from the bunch, thus leaving the hands of the operator free for forming another bunch or applying to a molded bunch the wrapper.

My invention provides means by which the bunch is releasably retained for a time under pressure in the mold.

My invention provides further means for removing from the ejecting mechanism the molded bunch and depositing it in a receptacle provided to receive and hold the bunch preparatory to the application thereto of the wrapper.

Other novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the dotted line ab of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view of the upper part of the machine, taken on the dotted line c(l of Fig. 6. In this view the plunger carrying the upper mold member is shown in solid lines in the fully raised position and in dotted lines in the fully depressed position. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 3, the plunger being shown in the position in which the kicking device is being actuated to remove the molded bunch from the vertically movable bottom portion of the lower mold member. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the dotted line e-f of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of what is shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the dotted line g-h of Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the'dotted line ij of Fig. 3. Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional view taken on the dotted line ls 'l of Fig. 8.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Serial No. 335,927.

Similar characters of reference denote similar parts.

1 denotes the bench supporting part of the mechanism, 2 denotes a vertical support or frame mounted on the bench 1 and having reciprocating vertically therein a vertical plunger 3 to the lower end of which is secured a holder 4 in which is adapted to be mounted the upper mold member 5 adapted to enter and cooperate with the lower mold member 6 in molding or forming the bunch which forms part of the cigar. The lower mold member 6 is adapted to be mounted in a shoe 7, the horizontal body portion of which is secured below the plunger 3 to the support or frame 2.

A horizontal plate 8 has one end secured to the upper end of the plunger, the other end being secured to the upper end of a vertical rod 9 which extends through suitable openings provided for it in the sup ort 2 and bench 1. The upper end of a linf; 10 is pivoted to the lower end of the rod 9, the lower end of the link being pivoted by means of a horizontal bolt 11 to a radial crank 12 which is rigidly secured to a horizontal rock shaft 13 intermediate two vertical brackets 14 in which the rock shaft is pivotally mounted, the said brackets being secured to the under side of the bench 1. To rock the rock shaft 13 to and fro so as to vertically reciprocate the plunger 3 by means of the rod 9, link 10 and crank 12, two pedals 15 and 16 are pivoted each at one end to a horizontal rod 17 supported at its ends in blocks 18 secured to the floor. On the rock shaft 13 at opposite sides of the crank 12 are rigidly secured with their arcuate rims in diametrically opposite positions, two pulley wheel segments 19 and 20.

Secured respectively to the free ends of the pedals 15 and 16 are two flexible straps 21 and 22, which are mounted upon and respectively secured to the faces of the rims of the pulley wheel segments 19 and 20. The link 10 is provided at 23 with a bend, which when the pedal 15 is fully depressed, permits the rock shaft to rock to a osition in which the center of the bolt 11 wi l pass a vertical line extending from the floor through the center of the rock shaft 13, thus retaining the plundepressed position, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, until such time as the pedal-16 is depressed so as to rock the rock shaft 13 inthe ger 3 and upper mold member in the fully I the pedals 15 and 16, the rock shaft-13 is rocked to and fro and the plunger 3 and upper mold member 5 is vertically reciprocated.

To eject the molded bunch from the lower mold member 6, the following described mechanism is used. A bell crank lever is pivoted by. a horizontal bolt 24 at the angle of the lever-to the support 2. The horizontal arm 25 of the bell crank lever is provided with a vertical hole 26 through which extends a vertical U shaped projection 27 forming a art of the shoe 7. The horizontal portion 0 the said U shaped projection 27 and the horizontal body of the shoe 7 are provided each with a vertical hole through which extends a vertically slidable rod 28, the upper end of which is secured to a horizontal plate 29 which forms a portion of the bottom of the mold member 6 and is rectilinearly and vertically movable in a longitudinal v'ertical slot provided through the bottom of said mold member 6. Rigidly secured on the rod 28 is a ring 30 in which are mounted two diametrically opposite horizontal pins 31 mounted respectively in longitudinal slots 32 provided in the arm 25 of the bell crank lever at opposite sides of the hole 26 in said arm. The lower end of the rod 28 has secured toit the upper end of a coil spring 33, the lower end of which is secured to a block 34 secured to the lower end of a vertical bar 35, the upper end of which is secured to a horizontal plate 36 secured to the under side of the bench 1. After the arm 25 of the bell crank lever has been swung upwardly so as to elevate the rod 28 and bottom portion 29 to eject the molded bunch from the lower mold member 6, the spring 33 retracts downward the rod 28, plate 29, and the arm 25. To swing the arm 25 upward so as to operate the mechanism to eject the molded bunch, the following described parts are rovided. One end of a horizontal bar or p ate 37 is secured to the plunger 3. On this bar is secured a cam comprising a vertical plate 38, having an inclined outer edge 39, and a straight vertical edge 40.

The upwardly extending arm 41 of the bell crank lever comprises a flat laterally flexible plate having secured atone side adjacent its 3 upper end a block 42, which when the plunger is elevated as shown in Fig. 3 rests against the side of the cam plate 38. As shown in Fig. 6, the side of the block 42 adjacent to the plate 38, and the lower end of the plate 38 on the side adjacent to the block 42 are beveled to permit the block 42 and plate 38 to assume the positions shown in Fig. 3.

When the pedal 15 is depressed, thus, as

already described, forcing the plunger 3 downward, the cam plate 38 will not swing the bell crank lever, but the cam plate will swing laterally the flexible arm 41 of the bell crank lever in a direction at right angles to the plane of movement of the arm 41 when the lever is swung on the bolt 24. When the plunger and cam plate 38 have reached the ositions shown in dotted lines in Fig. '3, the block 42 on the arm41 will press against the inclined edge 39 of the cam 38, as shown in Fig. 3. If now the pedal 16 is depressed so as to force the plunger 3 and cam plate 38 upward, the cam plate will force the arm 41 to the right, as viewed in Fig. 3, thus swinging the bell crank lever 25 upward as already described, and thus forcing the rod 28 and bottom plate 29 to the positions shown in Fig. 4,v and in dotted lines in Fig. 9. In this position the parts will remain until the block 42 on the arm 41 has passed from the vertical edge 40 of the cam plate 38. Before this takes place it is necessary for the mechanism to operate which removes the ejected bunch from the top of the plate 29 forming the bottom portion of the lower mold member 6.

For this purpose I provide a kicking device which at the proper time will kick the molded bunch off the lower mold member 6.

' A horizontal rock shaft 43 is pivotally mounted on the support 2 and has secured to its ends two radial arms 44 to which are.

tom plate 29 and kicking said bunch into a receptacle provided to receive the same and comprising a horizontal gutter shaped plate 46 pivoted at one edge to the forward side of the shoe 7. A link 47 is pivoted at its upper end to the gutter shaped plate 46, the lower end of the link being pivoted to the outer end of the arm 25 of the bell crank lever. The receptacle for the molded bunch is pivotally mounted on the shoe 7 so that the receptacle may be swung into position to be struck by the molded bunch after the kicking device has removed it from the bottom plate 29. When the cam plate 38 has cleared the block42 on the upward movement of the plunger 3, the receptacle 46 will be swung.

To swing the arms 44 to the position shown in Fig. 4, one of said arms is provided with a rearward lateral projection 48 which is in the path of the inclined forward edge of the resilient arm of a U shaped camplate 49, the other arm of which is rigidly secured to the bar 37. The upper side of the projection 48 is beveled, so that when the bar 37 and cam plate 49 move downward, the free arm of the cam plate 49 will strike the inclined surface of the projection 48 and will be sprung laterally or away from the bar 37 and will not operate to swing the arms 44. On the upward movement of the cam plate 49 and plunger 3, however, the inclined edge of the free arm of the cam plate will strike the rear end of the projection 48, and the arms 44 and rock shaft 43, together with the plates 45 will be swung to the position shown in Fig. 4. The parts are so positioned that the cam plate 49 will strike the projection 48 before the block 42 has cleared the cam 38. To retract the arms 44 and rock shaft 43 to the position shown in Fig. 2, a horizontal coil spring 50 is provided, one end of which is secured to a screw 51 mounted in the sup port 2 in front of the shaft 43. The other end of the spring is secured to a set screw 52 mounted in the upper end of one of the-arms 44. To retain the plunger releasably in the elevated position, a spring plate 53 has its lower end secured to the bar 37. Said plate 53 is provided on its rear side with a depres sion adapted, when the parts are as shown in Fig. 3 to receive a rounded projection 54 provided on the forward side of the support 2 above the bar 37. When sufficient pressure is applied to the pedal 16, the spring plate 53 will yield so as to be released from the projection 54.

In operating my invention, the parts being positioned, as shown in Fig. 2, the bunch forming part of the cigar and provided with a binder is placed in the lower mold member 6, after which the pedal 15 is depressed, thus depressing the plunger 3 and forcing the upper mold member 5 into the lower mold member 6. The pedal 15 being fully depressed, the plunger 3 and mold member 5 will be held in the depressed position, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. At this time the operator may prepare another bunch, the first bunch, in the meantime being held compressed in the mold.'

When the second bunch is prepared, the pedal 16 is depressed, thus rocking the rock shaft 13 so as to raise the plunger 3, mold member 5, and bar 37 carrying the cams 38 and 49. The cam 38 by striking the block 42 swings the bell crank lever arm 23 upward, thus forcing upward the rod 28 and mold bottom late 29', thereby ejecting from the lower mo d member 6 the'compressed bunch. Continuing in its upward movement, the cam 49 strikes the projection 48 on one of the arms 44, thus swinging said arm 44, and the rock shaft 43carrying the other arm 44, to the position shown in Fig. 4, thus causing the plates 45 to kick the compressed bunch from the bottom plate 29 and against the curved receptacle 46 which has'in the meantime been swung to the position shown in Fig. 4 by the arm 25 and link 47. The cam 49 passing the projection 48, the spring 50 will retract the arms 44 to the position shown in Fig. 2. The cam 38 clearing the block 42, the spring 33 will draw down the rod 28 and arm 25 to the position shown in Fig.3. The receptacle 46 will at the same time drop to the position shown in Fig. 3, and the parts will be in position for another bunch to be placed in the lower mold member 6. The movable bottom portion 29 of the mold being movable in a right line ejects the bunch in a rectilinear direction, freeing all parts of the bunch simultaneously and thereby preventing any tearing or distortion of the bunch.

It will be obvious that my invention may be modified in different ways within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cigar forming machine, the combination with the two mold members, one reciprocative vertically above the other, the lower mold member having a vertically movable bottom portion, of a rock shaft,

means for reciprocating the upper mold member when the rock shaft is rocked to and fro, means for upwardly moving the said bottom portion when the upper mold member is upwardly moved, two pedals, means for rocking the shaft in opposite directions when said pedals are alternately depressed, and means operative after the said bottom portion of the lower mold member has been upwardly raised for removing from said bottom portion the molded bunch.

2. In a cigar forming machine, the combination with a vertically reciprocative plunger, of an upper mold member carried by said plunger, a lower mold member having a vertically movable bottom portion, means operated by the upward movementof the plunger for moving upwardly said bottom portion to eject the molded bunch from the lower mold member, means operated upon the upward movement of the plunger for removing the molded bunch from said bottom portion, a rock shaft, means for reciprocating the plunger when the rock shaft is rocked to and fro, two pedals, and means for rocking the rock shaft to and fro when the pedals are alternately depressed.

3. In a cigar forming machine, the combi nation with a vertically reciproctive plunger, of an upper mold member caxzied by the plunger, a lower mold member having a vertically movable bottom portion, a lever, means actuated by the upward movement of the plunger for swinging said lever in one direction, means by which when the lever is swung in said direction the bottom portion of the lower mold member will be upwardly moved to eject from the lower mold member the molded bunch, means for removing from the said bottom portion the molded bunch,

means operated by the plunger after said bottom portion has been raised for operating said removing means, and means for reciprofrom the said bottom portion when in the raised position the molded bunch, means carried by the plunger for operating said removing means, means carried by the plunger for swinging said lever so as to elevate the said bottom portion, a rock shaft, means for reciprocating the plunger when the rock shaft is rocked to and fro, two pedals, and means for rocking said. rock shaft to and fro when the pedals are alternately depressed.

5. In a cigar forming machine, the combination with a vertically reciprocative plunger, of .the upper mold member carried by the plunger, a support in which the plunger is reciprocative, a shoe mounted on said support, the lower mold member mounted in said shoe and having a vertically movable bottom portion, a lever pivoted to said support, means actuated by the upward movement of the plunger for tilting said lever in one direction, thereby raising the said bottom portion, means for tiltingthe lever in the opposite direction, means for reciprocating the plunger, a bunch receptacle pivoted to the said support, means connected with the lever for swinging said receptacle when the lever is swung, and means actuated by the upward movement of the plunger for removing the molded bunch from the said elevated bottom portion and depositing the bunch in said re alternately depressed the rock shaft will be rocked to and fro, means for vertically reciprocating the plunger when the rock shaft is rocked to and fro, means actuated when the plunger is upwardly moved for elevating said bottom portion of the lower mold member, a member pivotedto said support so as to be swung to a position in which it will strike the molded bunch when the said bottom portion. is elevated, andmeans actuated by the upward movement of the plunger for so swinging said pivoted member.

7. In a cigar forming machine, the combination with a support, of a plunger reciprocative on said support and adapted to carry the upper member of a mold, a'sho'e mounted on said support and adapted to carry the lower mold member, a vertically movable device mounted in said shoe and adapted to serve as the bottom portion of the lower mold member, a lever pivoted to the support, means operated by the upward movement of the plunger for swinging the lever in one div rection, means for upwardly moving said device when the lever is swung in said direction, a bunch receptacle plvoted to said support, a link connected to said receptacle and to said lever, a kicking device for removing the molded bunch from said vertically movable device, and means operated by the upward movement of the plunger for operating the kicking device to deposit the molded bunch in said receptacle.

8. In a cigar forming machine, the combination with a support, of a plunger reciprocatively mounted in' said support, a shoe supported on said support, an upper mold member carried by said plunger, a lower mold member mounted on said shoe and having a vertically movable bottom portion,

vertically movable bottom portion, a'cam carried by the plunger for swinging said lever to elevate said bottom portion, means connected with the plunger for removing from the said bottom portion, when ele vated, the molded bunch, a rock shaft, means by which the plunger is reciprocated when the rock shaft is rocked to and fro, means for rockingthe rock shaft, a bunch receptacle pivoted to the shoe and disposed so as to receive the removed bunch from the bottom portion, and a link connecting the pivoted bunch receptacle and the lever.

9. In. a cigar forming machine, the combination with the lower mold. member having a a lever pivoted to said support and to said vertically movable bottom portion, of a lever, a plunger, the upper mold member carried by the plunger, means for reciprocating the plunger, a cam carried by the plunger for engaging and swinging the lever when the plunger is upwardly moved, means connected with the lever for upwardly movingthe bottom portion of the lower mold member" when the lever is swung by the cam, a pivoted. arm which when swung in the proper direction will strike and remove from the elevated bottom portion of the lower mold member the molded bunch, and means actuated by the plunger for so swinging said arm.

10. In a cigar forming machine, the combination with the plunger, of the upper mold member carried thereby, the lower .mold

member having a vertically movable bottom.

portion, means operated by the upward movement of the plunger for moving said bottom portion upwardly, a rock shaft having a crank arm, two pedals, means by which when the pedals are alternately depressed the rock shaft willbe rocked to and fro.,--and means connected to said crank arm and In testimony whereof I affix my signature plulriiggr Ipy 1which wlllileg the rock shdaft is in presence of two Witnesses.

roc e t e p unger W e reciprocate said connecting means releasably holding the EDWIN LAKE 5 plunger in the depressed position after one Witnesses:

pedal has been depressed and until the other LESTER RAY,

pedal is depressed. E. B. HOUSE. 

